"Taken He Cannot Be" by Will Shetterly

First published in Immortal Unicorn, ed. Peter S. Beagle and Janet Berliner (HarperPrism, 1995). Now available in And Other Stories by Emma Bull and Will Shetterly, an ebook and a trade paperback from all fine and some not-so-fine booksellers.

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Taken He Cannot Be
by Will Shetterly
Things die. This is the lesson that everyone learns. Some do not learn it until the instant before death, but we all learn it. We pass our final exam by dying. Dr. John Henry Holliday earned his diploma from the s...